DIALOG:
What is the New York City Parents Union?
- New York City Parents Union The New York City Parents Union is a student rights advocacy organization, formed in 2011 by President Mona Davids.
- What is it for?
- According to its mission statement, the group seeks to make high-quality public education available to the children of New York, through "empowering parents, supporting school choice, advocacy, legislation and lawsuits. " It has been at the center of a number of high-profile lawsuits, most notably the case now known as "Davids v. New York", which was closely patterned after a similar case, "Vergara v. California".
- Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
- "Davids v. New York" was eventually consolidated with a similar suit known as "Wright v. New York" that fellow school reformer Campbell Brown, head of Partnership for Educational Justice, had announced she would file on behalf of seven New York parents.
- What was the end result of this?
- The "Davids v. New York" lawsuit aims to invalidate New York State teacher-tenure laws, but has since stalled after a California Court of Appeal ruled in April 2016 that "plaintiffs failed to establish that the state's tenure laws violate students' constitutional rights to equal protection".
- Is anyone doing anything about it?
- President Mona Davids and Vice President Sam Pirozzolo are frequent commentators on current events in New York education, and are vocal critics of the mayor, the New York City Department of Education's leadership, and the public school system.
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Next turn: In addition to their opposition to certain tenure protections, their commentaries have been published widely regarding a number of other contentious issues, including opposition to the use of bathrooms by transgender students, criticism of credit recovery programs intended to boost graduation rates, and expressing concern for the situation of minority students and teachers, including the controversial firing of two untenured African American teachers and alleged discrimination against a third black teacher by a principal at a Queens high school.


Problem: What could be the response? DIALOG:
What was the structure of the early Presbyterian Church?
- A local church was governed by the session, a body of ruling elders elected by the congregation and moderated by the pastor.
- What are some of the duties of the Session?
- The session was charged with overseeing the church's spiritual affairs and providing for public worship according to the Directory.
- Did the Session also do other things?
- The session was also responsible for dispensing church discipline to church members.
- How else was the early Presbyterian Church structured?
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A: Local churches were further organized into geographically defined presbyteries.


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What role did France play in the history of public relations?
- Jacques Coup de Frejac was influential in persuading U.S. and UK companies to also extend their PR efforts into the French market and for convincing French businesses to engage in PR activities.
- Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
- In the early 2000s, PR in Latin America began developing at a pace "on par with industrialized nations." According to "The Global Public Relations Handbook", public relations evolved from a series of "press agents or publicists" to a manner of theory and practice in the 1980s.
- What role did France play in that?
- Research was published in academic journals like "Public Relations Review" and the "Journal of Public Relations Research".
- What were some of the findings published in those journals?
- This led to an industry consensus to categorize PR work into a four-step process: research, planning, communication and action.
- Did that help to standardize the practice of public relations?
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ANS: During the 1990s specialties for communicating to certain audiences and within certain market segments emerged, such as investor relations or technology PR. New internet technology and social media websites effected PR strategies and tactics.


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What was Gaius Sentius Saturninus's relationship with Ptolemy?
- In 14 or 13 BC, Saturninus was appointed the proconsular governor of Africa.
- What did he do in Africa?
- This roughly corresponded with modern Tunisia and was an important post as the province was a major source of imported food for the city of Rome.
- What else did he do?
- From 9 BC – 7 BC Saturninus served as "Legatus Augusti pro praetore" (imperial governor) of the Roman province of Syria.
- What did he accomplish in Syria?
- During his time as governor of Syria, he was caught up in the intrigues of the Herodian family.
- What was the significance of this?
- Following instructions from Augustus, he convened a council at Berytus to rule on accusations of treason made by Herod the Great against his sons Aristobulus and Alexander.
- What was the result of this?
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response: Saturninus suggested a ruling of mercy, supported by his staff which included Saturninus' three sons, who were his legates.


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What is the family background of Baron Aylmer?
- He was the grandson of Frederick Arthur Aylmer, second son of Major-General Harry Aylmer.
- Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
- the titles are held by his son, the fourteenth Baron.
- What about his family's baronetcy?
- The Aylmer Baronetcy, of Balrath in the County of Meath, was created on 6 November 1662 in the Baronetage of Ireland for Christopher Aylmer.
- What happened after he received his baronetcy?
- On the death of his great-grandson, the sixth Baronet, the title was inherited by the latter's kinsman, the fourth Baron Aylmer and became subsumed into that title.
- Did anyone else come from his family?
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Next: The family seat was Donadea Castle, near Donadea, County Kildare The heir apparent is the present holder's son Hon.


DIALOG:
What was the impact of the Greenwich judgement?
- Bromley LEA challenged the Greenwich judgement in the High Court and House of Lords but was unsuccessful.
- What other effects were there?
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Manchester City Council also expressed its disappointment with the Greenwich Judgement after its 10 year old admissions policy was found to be in breach of it in 2015.